KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign bond investors are expected to be driven by "flight to safety" dynamics in May given the prevailing global uncertainties.

Following the downward revision of this year’s economic growth forecast by Bank Negara last week, Moody’s Investors Service has cut Malaysia’s GDP growth forecast to 4.4 per cent from 4.7 per cent for this year and to 4.3 per cent from 4.5 per cent for 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): The Government of Malaysia has been ranked the Overall Top Bond Issuer in the first quarter of 2019, with a total issuances of RM40.50 billion, according to Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia (BPAM).

THE dollar was lower by 0.49% to 96.5 over the week as volatilities in the market disrupted the supposedly-jolly season.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC) said local government bonds (govvies) in the secondary market continued to weaken in October, moving in tandem with the fall of the ringgit and the surge in UST' (U.S. Treasuries) yields.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Malaysia’s outstanding government guarantees have increased by 8.5% or RM20.2 billion in six months to RM258.4 billion at end-June 2018, from RM238.2 billion at end-2017, according to the Economic Report 2018/2019.